Strategic Focus Area

Child Rights

Child Protection and Participation

SOUL has always supported health and educational issues for children; ultimately having an overall positive influence on their basic rights. SOUL supports CRC and has become more active in specifically advocating for children’s rights as they pertain to their overall protection and participation. The Strategic Plan will focus on building a childfriendly environment that enhances the realization of child rights; through capacity building of stakeholders, as well as, advocating and lobbying for institutional policy change.

Overall Goals

Contribute to building a generation capable of participating actively in the society.

Contribute to the advancement of children’s rights through raising public awareness and advocating and lobbying for policy changes within relevant institutions.

Contribute to the creation of a participatory environment to solicit and incorporate children’s voices on issues that affect them.

Research the present status of children’s rights in Yemen and create a preliminary pool of information, for the purpose of knowledge sharing and dissemination.

Support children’s rights through building the capacity and ensuring the commitment of stakeholders; both individuals (duty-bearers/ care-providers), as well as with relevant institutions.

Contribute to building and promoting a protection system within society, especially targeting the school system.

Early Childhood Development

SOUL is one of the first NGOs in Yemen to invest in the importance of supporting and promoting ECD issues. ECD, within the context of its own design, creates an amenable platform on which to support child rights issues. SOUL’s Strategic Plan will continue to advocate for the importance of ECD techniques and promote its use, both institutionally and individually.

Overall GoalTo create favorable conditions for holistic development (physical, intellectual, psychological and social) of children between the age of 0-8years, in the target communities in a sustainable way.

Specific Objectives

Participate in building the capacity of stakeholders; both institutional and individual (parents, teachers, caregivers etc.) in ECD.

Raise societal awareness on the importance of significant investment in ECD with focus on:teachers, parents, and caregivers.

Advocate for relevant policy and procedure changes which will contribute to improving child development and growth.

Ongoing Projects

Project Title

Donor

Project Cycle

Integrating a Mandatory Initial Course and an
Optional Specialized Course on Child Protection in Police Schools in Yemen

UNICEF

2013 - 2014

Mareb: Teacher Training on Child Rights Principles

Australian Aid

2013 - 2014

Youth Learning for Responsible Citizenship

USA Embassy

2013 - 2014

Youth Learning for Responsible Citizenship

Oxfam NOVIB

2013 – 2014

Previous Projects

Project Title

Donor

Project Cycle

Promoting Child Rights in the Arab World and
Providing Children with a Protective and Supportive Environment Developmental Action Without Borders